Tag: Cabernet Sauvignon

Nia Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

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2018-12-09 Nia Cabernet Sauvignon 2015.jpg

From the newest $100 Underdog case.

Lucky me, I gagged on this on
day one and put the wine
“on the rack” for overnight
torture.

Day Two…

It’s amazing what a little
discipline will do.

The wine is winding its way
through my being in a most
seductive way as if to
curry favor with me on behalf
of all wines CAB.

I had a CAB once that was
lovely.

Finding another has been
a “spare time obsession”
ever since.

Pale body/flavor with a hint
of vanilla from soft oak.

Blackcurrant milkshake.

This wine comes close.

After drinking a SUBSTANTIAL
amount of this one, I declare that…

IT
IS
GOOD

REALLY
GOOD

GOOD
ENOUGH
TO
SEE
IF
I
CAN
GET
A
REPEAT

Is it live?????

Crystal Clear.

And this bottle was FREE,
relatively speaking.

Come on, take a…

I’m staring at the remaining
eleven bottles and hoping that
I…

Lest there be any confusion about
how this wine has mellowed my soul…

It was a nice song until he got
to the part about the grass being
overgrown.

But, but, but what about
the wine?

Let’s see if we can find
SOMETHING on-line…

Sheesh, only this…
https://www.vivino.com/nia-cabernet-sauvignon/w/6440796?year=2015
https://www.biercellar.com/products/nia-cabernet-sauvignong

Wine Detail

Note that it contains 20% Merlot.

Hang in there.

Foye Valle del Maule Chile Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

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2018-06-28 Foye Valle del Maule Chile CS 2016.jpg

I don’t hear
no stinkin’ bells.

What do you call
the sound when
you get kicked in
the head?

Thudding in on
the lighter side,
this wine appears
to be a CAB in
spite of the skimpy
clothing.

Straight CABs are
just not my style.

A truly light BLEND
might be OK.

This one IS light
for a CAB.

I’m not COMPLAINING
about the wine,
I’m just having
a hard time adjusting
to it.

I can’t help it…

HOWEVER

The more I sip, the
better it gets.

Duh.

When my head stops
“ringing” maybe I
can start to taste
something.

OK, the wine is
wonderful now.

I can taste the
DARK cherries.

That IS interesting
in a CAB with bells
on its toes.

If the vanilla was
any more “subtle”,
you could short its
detection by a
yellow Lab.

I’m tryin’, I’m tryin’.

Maybe some food will help.

Oh YES! Now the wine
tastes like honey mustard
with cough syrup on it.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Note to self: Don’t
doodle with the HM.

That’s one sandwich down,
and as expected,
the wine is “coming alive”.

Some of us have to
suffer through SEVERAL
sips of “adjustment”
before the wine starts
to BLOOM.

The Lab has her nose
in the air and life
is wonderful.

My AMBITION in life
is to be able
to fully enjoy each
wine that I drink
to the extent that
each one is the best
I have ever had.

Wine ZEN.

http://lawandstyle.ca/style/short_cellar_zen_and_the_art_of_wine_tasting/

I figure that if I can
do THAT, then I can
take the other CRAP
in stride.

I did good today.

I enjoyed the wine.

It’s all in my mind…

Broken records have
a way of…

repeating themselves
repeating themselves
repeating themselves
repeating themselves
repeating themselves
repeating themselves
repeating themselves
repeating themselves

Day FOUR…

I took two days
to recover from this
one by drinking the
Cava from the value case.

Finishing the CAB
today was WORK.

Hang in there.